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Jun 13, 2011
'Inside Scientology' promises a lot, and delivers: David Miscavige has much to worry about — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Next month, Janet Reitman's book Inside Scientology will hit bookshelves, and the world of Scientology-watching, and for Scientology itself, will never be the same. Subtitled The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, Reitman's book delivers all it promises, and it promises a lot. "It has been my goal to write the first objective modern history of the Church of Scientology," Reitman proclaims in her introduction. "It is the goal of Inside Scientology to translate [L. Ron Hubbard's arcane] language and separate ...
Jun 2, 2011
Caught by surprise // Scientology official says church knew nothing about mistake-filled claim against city over sewage spill — Pasadena Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s): André Coleman
Source: Pasadena Weekly
Hours after an article appeared about a claim for damages filed against the city by the Church of Scientology over a sewage spill in the church’s building in Old Pasadena, a church official acknowledged that mistakes were made in the filing of the document. The church is listed as the claimant, not subrogate Lexington Insurance Co. Further, the name of the lawyer who filed the claim on behalf of the insurance company is not listed on the document. Making matters even ...
May 26, 2011
L. Ron Hubbub // Scientology officials file claim against city for plumbing damage days before accepting preservation award — Pasadena Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s): André Coleman
Source: Pasadena Weekly
Two days before the Church of Scientology was presented with an award for preserving the 115-year-old Braley Building on South Raymond Avenue, church officials filed a claim against the city for damages incurred after the historic structure was flooded with raw sewage in November. “In the early morning of Nov. 23, water backed up through the toilets and sinks [in] the basement,” the claim states. “When personnel came in, they found four inches of raw sewage covering the entire basement area.” ...
May 18, 2011
Fire at Church of Scientology in Annerley — Courier Mail (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Anna Chisholm
Source: Courier Mail (Australia)
A FIRE broke out at The Church of Scientology of Brisbane at Annerley overnight. Emergency services said material in a courtyard caught fire and affected a couple of air-conditioning units. The flames started just before 2am on the corner of Dudley and Hastings streets. QFRS Brisbane Duty Manager of Operations Phil Klemm said the fire was not suspicious. "From our perspective there was nothing suspicious - the courtyard was open to the street," Mr Klemm said. "We're unsure of the cause ...
May 14, 2011
Church of Scientology building catches fire, $700,000 in damages — Clearwater Patch
Type: Press
Author(s): Aiyana Baida
Source: Clearwater Patch
Clearwater Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire at 531 Franklin Street, owned by the Church of Scientology, at 3:28 a.m. Saturday. An electrical fire caused $700,000 in damages to a building owned by the Church of Scientology, city officials said. Clearwater Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire at 531 Franklin Street at 3:28 a.m. Saturday. To put out the blaze the department needed 35 personnel, five engines, two trucks and two rescues. It took firefighters about an ...
May 11, 2011
Scientology operation against Washington Post reporter Richard Leiby exposed — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
After the jump, Leiby's ex-wife, Theresa Defino, responds to Marty Rathbun's allegation that she 'caved' to Scientology in its anti-Leiby efforts. Marty Rathbun has done it again. The top former Scientology figure who left the "church" in 2004 has been gradually releasing damaging information about the organization at his blog, "Moving On Up a Little Higher." Rathbun is working with several other defectors who left in recent years, some of them with ties to Scientology's covert operations wing, the Office ...
May 10, 2011
‘Simpsons’ actress stirs up Springfield with schools program linked to Scientology — Chicago Sun Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Dave McKinney
Source: Chicago Sun Times
SPRINGFIELD — Bart Simpson is creating a stir at the Statehouse. The actress who lends her voice to the iconic “The Simpsons” character wants children to love their parents, not break the law and treat others as they want to be treated. The character-building “Good Choices” program that espouses those virtues and that Nancy Cartwright developed through her non-profit organization could become an accepted tool for public school teachers to teach character development under an Illinois House resolution. The Emmy Award-winning ...
May 6, 2011
Scientology: The big sell — Channel 7 (Australia)
Type: TV
Source: Channel 7 (Australia)
[Scientology church members are blitzing the suburbs using a personality test designed specifically to rope in new members. This quackery is grandly misnamed "The Oxford Capacity Analysis" (OCA). It is nothing to do with Oxford University as many people might assume from the name. It is absolute junk.]
May 4, 2011
NZ bans UK couple over Scientology case — The Dominion Post
Type: Press
Source: The Dominion Post
A British man who failed to disclose that he was deported from Denmark after "industrial espionage" against the Church of Scientology has been refused permission to settle in New Zealand. Oxford University-educated Robin Scott, 62, and his wife Adrienne, 61, a teacher, left their Canterbury organic farmlet in March after the Immigration and Protection Tribunal turned down their appeal against a direction that they had to leave the country. In visitor and work visa applications from 2005, the couple disclosed that ...
Apr 25, 2011
KCET lot sold to Scientology // Financial terms of deal for historic studio facility not disclosed — Variety
Type: Press
Author(s): Cynthia Littleton
Source: Variety
The Church of Scientology has just bought a bigger pulpit. The church has cut a deal to acquire the historic Los Feliz studio lot that has been home to pubcaster KCET-TV Los Angeles for the past 40 years. In a lengthy statement, the church said the deal allows it to "establish one of the most advanced centers used by religious broadcasters with the ability to harness 21st century broadcast technology and production power to deliver its message to the the largest ...
Apr 12, 2011
Demolition brings Church of Scientology closer to building new Boston HQ — Boston Globe
Type: Press
Author(s): Cara Bayles
Source: Boston Globe
Demolition began last week on the old Ivory Bean House on Washington Street. After the building began shedding bricks in February, the city's Inspectional Services Department ordered the Bean's owner, the Church of Scientology, to demolish the structure. As far as the church is concerned, it had gotten what it had wanted since it purchased the building in 2008. "Nobody disagrees that the building is in terrible disrepair," said Marc LaCasse, the attorney for the Church of Scientology in Boston. "Its ...
Apr 12, 2011
Scientology protest causes city to stop enforcing ordinance — Chicago Sun Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Mitch Dudek
Source: Chicago Sun Times
A protest last year outside the Church of Scientology of Illinois headquarters in Lake View has prompted the city to stop enforcing an ordinance that banned protests while religious services are being conducted. The issue arose late last year, when eight or nine protesters gathered outside the Church of Scientology location at 3011 N. Lincoln. In response, church members taped a sign to the front window that announced services there are held virtually all day — from 9:30 a.m. to 10 ...
Apr 7, 2011
Welcome wagon: The Church of Scientology moves into Ybor City — Creative Loafing (Tampa, Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Mitch Perry
Source: Creative Loafing (Tampa, Florida)
Three days after more than 2,000 Scientologists crowded into the historic Ybor Square courtyard to celebrate the opening of the Church of Scientology Tampa's new home — a landmark 88,000-square-foot former cigar factory in Ybor City — Creative Loafing editor David Warner and I found ourselves in a COS conference room facing several of the Church's top-ranking public relations officials. They were decidedly not happy with a blog post I'd written that quoted a handful of protesters from the group Anonymous ...
Mar 31, 2011
KCET-TV said to be in talks to sell landmark studio to Church of Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s): Roger Vincent, Scott Collins
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Financially strapped KCET-TV is in talks to sell its landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of Scientology, according to people who know about the pending deal. The Los Angeles television station, which is struggling to rebuild viewership after its recent split from PBS, plans to move its operations to a smaller location, real estate brokers said. Station officials have been touring potential sites, brokers said. Terms of the potential deal were unavailable, but the 4.5-acre property at 4401 W. Sunset ...
Mar 27, 2011
Narconon’s Big Con — The Fix
Type: Press
Author(s): Mark Ebner, Walter Armstrong
Source: The Fix
The Scientology-backed rehab promises addicts they can sweat out their demons in sweltering saunas. But critics charge that the organization is the devil itself. L. Ron Hubbard, the prolific science fiction author and founder of the Church of Scientology, may have been judged “a mental case” (according to the F.B.I.) and “a pathological liar” (according to a Los Angeles Supreme Court judge), but to tens of thousands of his eager followers worldwide, the man discovered an approach to recovery that outclasses ...
Mar 24, 2011
School denies Scientology deal — The Age (Australia)
More: Also on Channel 7's Today Tonight
Type: Press
Author(s): Jewel Topsfield
Source: The Age (Australia)
A MELBOURNE school linked to the Church of Scientology spends among the lowest per student in Australia despite receiving thousands of dollars in government funding. Yarralinda School in Mooroolbark has also come under fire for obscuring its affiliation with Scientology, in a flyer that spruiks the school as a "no homework school". My School website reveals Yarralinda School spent $3727 per student in 2009, despite receiving $6171 per student in combined government funding and $4609 per student in fees. Victoria's independent ...
Mar 16, 2011
Why Celebrities Love Scientology — AOL Moviefone
More: blogs.villagevoice.com
Type: Blog
Author(s): Gabrielle Dunn, Tony Ortega
Source: AOL Moviefone
Over the weekend, notorious Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard celebrated what would have been his 100th birthday. The former science-fiction writer (born March 13, 1911) founded the religion Scientology in 1952 as a successor to his self-help series, 'Dianetics.' Since then, Scientology has gone mainstream with the aid of big-name celebrity believers like Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But while Scientology's association with movie stars has gained it publicity, it's also revealed outlandish, dangerous and cult-ish aspects that leave many wondering ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 15, 2011
Former Orangeville-area resort to become Scientology headquarters — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Dan Robson
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
Hidden behind a thick wall of trees atop the Niagara Escarpment just north of Toronto, the Church of Scientology is building a massive retreat where believers will “journey through the advanced realms” of their faith. The facility, which includes more than 80 hectares and five buildings that total around 160,000 square feet, will serve as Scientology's national headquarters when it opens next year. The organization will upgrade the former Hockley Highlands Inn and Conference Centre in Mono, just northeast of Orangeville, ...
Mar 15, 2011
Scientology finally moves into Ybor Square — Creative Loafing (Tampa, Florida)
Type: Blog
Author(s): Mitch Perry
Source: Creative Loafing (Tampa, Florida)
Last May the Church of Scientology purchased the V.M. Ybor Cigar Factory, better known as Ybor Square, for approximately $7 million. The only two tenants that remain in the Square now are the longtime popular Italian food eatery Spaghetti Warehouse, and CL, which resides directly upstairs from the restaurant in what is known as the old Warehouse Building. Yes, that means CL is now cutting our rent checks to the church. On Sunday, more than 2,000 people converged at Ybor to ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 15, 2011
Ybor's biggest cigar factory now hosts Scientology — ABC News
More: youtube.com
Type: TV
Author(s): Carson Chambers
Source: ABC News
TAMPA — The brick building at 1800 East 8th Avenue in Ybor City was founder Vicente Martinez Ybor's gem. It was at one time the largest brick building in Florida and the largest cigar factory in the world. "To have them take care of the building and maintain it. I do know in the past, the county, the state or the city, sometimes is not able, due to the economic situation, to preserve an architectural jewel like that," said Wallace Reyes, ...
Mar 13, 2011
Christchurch scientology massages concern some — Channel 3 (New Zealand)
More: youtube.com
Type: TV
Author(s): Jessica Rowe
Source: Channel 3 (New Zealand)
It's a massage designed to relieve stress and help people recover from shock. Volunteer ministers from scientology are performing a technique designed by their founder, L Ron Hubbard, to assist people in Christchurch after the earthquake. They've performed 1500 massages across Christchurch, and apparently they've taught about 600 people how to pass them on to their community. They also carry out a technique called "locational assist" where they get people to engage in the present moment. The 20 scientology volunteers are ...
Mar 10, 2011
De l'aide au devoirs inspirée par la scientologie? (Homework Help for Schoolchildren or Scientology Courses?) — Le Journal de Montréal
More: ocmb.xenu.net
Type: Press
Author(s): Michel Jean
Source: Le Journal de Montréal
[Contributor note: unofficial English translation below french article text] MONTRÉAL - Le centre d’aide aux devoirs l’Académie Phénix, de Longueuil, offre plus que du soutien scolaire aux enfants. Le centre et son directeur, Gilles Léonard, affirment pouvoir régler les problèmes de déficit d’attention sans recourir au Ritalin, selon une enquête de l’émission JE à TVA. Et ce, grâce aux méthodes d’enseignement d’«Applied Scholastics», développées par le fondateur de l’Église de Scientologie, L. Ron Hubbard. L’équipe de JE s’est présentée munie d’une ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 9, 2011
Resort to become Scientology retreat // Exiled member stages protest at the gate — Orangeville Citizen (Ontario, Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Vivian
Source: Orangeville Citizen (Ontario, Canada)
The Church of Scientology is setting up base in Mono, at the former Hockley Highlands Inn & Conference Centre, with plans to establish a national retreat for members of the faith. While Scientologists are excited about the idea — this will be the first retreat of its kind in Canada and one of only a handful around the world — at least one former member is raising a red flag. Adam Holland, a 22-year-old Toronto man who was raised in the ...
Mar 8, 2011
Alarming allegations against Scientology church & school — Courthouse News Service
Type: Press
Author(s): Ryan Abbott
Source: Courthouse News Service
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A 19-year-old man claims his Scientologist parents "ceded custody" of him at the age of 5 to the controversial church, which then entered into a "billion year contract" with him as a minor, forced him to work hundreds of hours a week at a Scientology school for as little $35, denied him an education, and forced him back to work just two days after he lost a finger in a work accident. The first of Daniel Montalvo's ...
Mar 8, 2011
Boulder Scientology mission evacuated after threat — Daily Camera
More: coloradodaily.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Erica Meltzer
Source: Daily Camera
The Church of Scientology Mission of Boulder briefly evacuated Tuesday evening after receiving a bomb threat. Susan Gaut, director of special affairs at the mission, said the threat was a prank call and the evacuation was a precaution. Boulder police Sgt. Doyle Thomas said police searched the offices at 1021 Pearl St. and didn't find anything suspicious.
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 7, 2011
4thoughtTV - How relevant is Scientology to twenty-first century Britain? — Channel 4 (UK)
More: 4thought.tv, 4thought.tv, 4thought.tv, 4thought.tv, 4thought.tv, 4thought.tv
Type: TV
Author(s): 4thought.tv
Source: Channel 4 (UK)
[Contributor notes: Series of 5 minute TV shorts called 4though.tv about various faiths. The whole week from 7th March to 13th March 2011 is taken up with the subject of scientology, pro and against. See alternate/complimentary links to each episode.] ———- 0248 Lizzy Calcioli How relevant is Scientology to twenty-first century Britain This programme will appear online shortly after broadcast Monday, 07 March 2011 19:55 More about Lizzy Calcioli Scientologist Lizzy Calcioli gave birth to her five children according to the ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 6, 2011
Inside the Church of Scientology [Melbourne, Ascot Vale] — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Hamish Heard
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Inside the Church of Scientology What's the Church of Scientology all about? Sunday Herald Sun reporter Hamish Heard joined to find out. AFTER barely an hour in the Church of Scientology's new Melbourne headquarters the verdict is in: I am deeply flawed. It appears I am in denial of a deep-seated depression, I am close to unlikable and a decade and a half of social indulgence has left me borderline dim. On the plus side, Mark - my new mentor in ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 6, 2011
Protest Planned at Scientology Headquarters — KPSP Local 2 News
Type: Press
Source: KPSP Local 2 News
Protest Planned at Scientology Headquarters Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News Email: news@kpsplocal2.com Created: 3/06 3:10 pm Last Update: 3/06 8:00 pm The "hacktivist" collective known as Anonymous is planning to picket at the Scientology compound in Hemet Saturday, March 12. A group of human rights activists will also join the protest at Golden Era Productions on Gillman Springs Road. Protestors say they want the center to address claims of human trafficking, physical abuse and forced abortions. The group will also ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 6, 2011
Scientology adverts under investigation by ads watchdog — The Sunday Times (UK)
More: newswhip.ie
Type: Press
Author(s): Gabrielle Monaghan
Source: The Sunday Times (UK)
Scientology adverts under investigation by ads watchdog Row over posters that claim sessions can tackle job insecurity as former member of church describes campaign as ‘misleading and offensive’ Gabrielle Monaghan. Sunday Times Published: 6 March 2011 [In print. Online subscrption only] Complaints have been filed with the country’s advertising watchdog over a Church of Scientology campaign, which claims its courses can help with job insecurity. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) is investigating claims that the ads, appearing in Dublin’s ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Mar 5, 2011
Division at software company over Scientology apparent before 2009 shooting — Denver Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Monte Whaley
Source: Denver Post
Fowler Software Design ran smoothly and profitably for years, even as the staff was divided between Scientologists and nonmembers of the controversial group. But a full-blown schism developed after employees learned that the company's founder — 59-year-old William Rex Fowler — gave as much as $250,000 of the firm's money to the Church of Scientology, according to witness statements given to investigators. Those conflicts were readily apparent after 42-year-old Thomas Ciancio, a non-Scientologist, was shot and killed by Fowler on Dec. ...
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